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Israel Says Syria Arming Hezbollah
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
JERUSALEM - Syria is supplying Lebanon's Hezbollah militia with rockets in
violation of UN Security Council Resolution 1701, Israeli Defence Minister
Ehud Barak charged on Tuesday.
"Resolution 1701 is not being applied. The transfer of rockets from Syria to
Lebanon is continuing and Hezbollah's military build-up is continuing,"
Barak's office quoted him as saying during a visit to an air force base.
"I think the Security Council has to act and see how the resolution is
applied and enforced," the former army chief of staff and premier said.
The resolution, which put an end to a 34-day war between Israel and
Hezbollah in August 2006, demanded the pullout of the Israeli army from
south Lebanon and its replacement by a UN-backed Lebanese army deployment.
It also called for the disarming of all militias -- an allusion to Hezbollah
as well as to Palestinian militant groups -- and the prevention of illegal
arms sales and smuggling operations in Lebanon.
Barak said the Israeli army was building up its forces in the wake of the
Second Lebanon War, which revealed severe shortcomings in its conduct and
readiness and was largely perceived in Israel as a failure.
"We are building up a strong IDF (army) which, unlike the Second Lebanon
War, will bring decisive and clear results in war, if one is forced upon
us," he said.
"Restoring the army's deterrence and commanding abilities are quintessential
goals for the army," he added.
Israel launched a massive offensive after the July 12, 2006 capture of two
soldiers in a deadly cross-border raid by Hezbollah.
Israel Says Syria Arming Hezbollah
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
JERUSALEM - Syria is supplying Lebanon's Hezbollah militia with rockets in
violation of UN Security Council Resolution 1701, Israeli Defence Minister
Ehud Barak charged on Tuesday.
"Resolution 1701 is not being applied. The transfer of rockets from Syria to
Lebanon is continuing and Hezbollah's military build-up is continuing,"
Barak's office quoted him as saying during a visit to an air force base.
"I think the Security Council has to act and see how the resolution is
applied and enforced," the former army chief of staff and premier said.
The resolution, which put an end to a 34-day war between Israel and
Hezbollah in August 2006, demanded the pullout of the Israeli army from
south Lebanon and its replacement by a UN-backed Lebanese army deployment.
It also called for the disarming of all militias -- an allusion to Hezbollah
as well as to Palestinian militant groups -- and the prevention of illegal
arms sales and smuggling operations in Lebanon.
Barak said the Israeli army was building up its forces in the wake of the
Second Lebanon War, which revealed severe shortcomings in its conduct and
readiness and was largely perceived in Israel as a failure.
"We are building up a strong IDF (army) which, unlike the Second Lebanon
War, will bring decisive and clear results in war, if one is forced upon
us," he said.
"Restoring the army's deterrence and commanding abilities are quintessential
goals for the army," he added.
Israel launched a massive offensive after the July 12, 2006 capture of two
soldiers in a deadly cross-border raid by Hezbollah.
